#11 ISSUE OF COOL AND STRANGE MUSIC MAGAZINE IS HERE!!
Coolstrge
IT'S TRULY OUR BIGGEST ISSUE EVER! Starting with this new issue, we've gone
FULL-SIZE!
Yes, we're abandoned our small format (half-legal) and increased the size of
the magazine to the traditional size (Time Magazine equivalent size.) At 56
pages, it's beautifully offset-printed, with a cool color cover, lots of
high-quality photos, great articles, tons of new wacky and weird CD reviews and
it's more fun than ever!
The new issue features:
• A cover story/exclusive interview with DAVIE ALLAN, written by diehard
collector and fan, Seth Wimpfheimer. Seth interviews Mr. Allan, and delves
deeply into the behind the scenes recording sessions of the pioneer Surf/Fuzz
guitar god.
• A look at the grooviest music the Big Bands ever pumped out, with Brad
Bigelow's BIG BANDS GO GROOVY article. Yes, after the Swing Era peaked, many
old-time bandleaders got hip and led their musicians of the '60s through some
of the coolest (and strangest) covers of '60s pop songs. Read all about which
ones are the greatest to hunt for.
• A tour though some of the coolest and strangest record stores in in Missouri,
in Timothy Friend's KANSAS CITY RECORD STORE REPORT.
• Writer David Greenberger interviews GEORGE LOWE, the voice of Cartoon
Planet's SPACE GHOST - COAST TO COAST. We find out about Mr. Lowe's background
and insight into his wacky voice-over character in this fun interview.
• A short look at three of the oddest records of the '60s, in Ed Kaz' ED KAZ
KOLUMN. Ed takes us through a short detour of his personal collection to point
out a few of the odder ones!
• Our Centerfold is a spread of some of the coolest JACK DAVIS LP COVERS ever
created, courtesy of the Ross Hartsough collection. Just a small but cool
sampling of this great Mad Magazine illustrator's voluminous body of LP cover
art.
• A short piece of the music (yes, I said MUSIC) of EVEL KNEIVEL. Probably one
of the strangest cash-in LPs ever recorded, the stunt driver never sings a word
on the LP that Alan Patterson describes!
• Speaking of bizarre records, Lara 7 tells all about one of the most FLIPPED
OUT CHILDREN'S RECORDS OF ALL TIME. Created by Bruce Haack and Esther Nelson,
"Dance to the Music" encouraged children back in the '70s to explore astral
projection and other experimental concepts, bordering on the edge of going too
far! Read all about this strange, strange record.
• Right in keeping with the holidays, Wilhelm Murg discusses some of the
strangest Christmas records ever in RECORDS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE. There are
so many weird ones, but Wilhelm manages to single out a few of the odder ones
in this funny article.
• Finally, learn all about the world of SITAR RECORDS, with David Schafer's
article on the '60s fascination with Eastern music. It all started with the
Beatles, and just about everyone jumped on the Sitar bandwagon in a desperate
attempt to be hip.
All this, and a whole lot more fun stuff than we dare mention, and you'll find
a very Cool Issue #11 of COOL AND STRANGE MUSIC! MAGAZINE. So get on board!
It's gonna be a cool ride through the wild, wacky and sometimes tacky world of
records!
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